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What to expect
Tastes of Better
Central to Food Matters Live in London is Tastes of Better - a series of exclusive one hour-long ingredient showcases, brought to you by global ingredient innovators, designed for product development, technical and innovation professionals at the forefront of food, drink and nutrition.
Main Stages
Insights & Trends Stage
From conscious consumption to new retail models and the balance between health, sustainability, and value, learn from analysts, strategists, and brand leaders as they share what’s driving consumer choices.
Positive Nutrition Stage
From metabolic health and the microbiome to women’s wellness, fibre and personalised nutrition, discover the trends and innovations shaping healthier products and the future of functional food and supplements.
Step into the Lab
Flavour & Colour Lab
Where sensory science meets innovation. Explore how flavour and colour enhance product appeal, drive consumer enjoyment and inspire the next generation of food and drink innovation.
Sensory Lab Showcases
Experience the science behind flavour, texture and consumer perception through guided tastings, interactive showcases and expert insight into the future of sensory innovation.
Discover the NPD features
NPD Discovery Roundtables
Join small-group discussions with industry experts and peers to explore challenges, exchange ideas and discover practical solutions across ingredients, technologies, formulation and emerging NPD trends.
NPD Discovery Zone
Explore breakthrough ingredients, technologies and services shaping the future of food innovation. From AI-powered development tools to sustainable ingredient solutions, discover what’s next for NPD.
NPD Discovery Theatre
Discover the stories behind emerging ingredients, technologies and trends through fast-paced sessions, live demonstrations and expert insight designed to inspire your next product innovation.
Plus, new features coming for 2027
NutraConnect
Connect with the people, health ingredients and explore what’s next for nutraceutical consumer trends. NutraConnect brings together leading suppliers, manufacturers and nutraceutical brands and retailers, making it easy to discover new opportunities, build partnerships and accelerate product development. This new feature will host a tailored series of masterclasses and a focussed meet the buyer programme.
Private Label Pavilion
Discover the latest capabilities in private label food and drink, from product innovation and formulation expertise to manufacturing solutions. Meet trusted partners ready to help bring new products to market and respond to evolving consumer demands. This new feature will host a meeting programme.
Hear from past attendees
We found the sessions very insightful, learnt about some new techniques that are close to our hearts as innovators – I found it inspiring and it was helpful as a networking opportunity also.
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I loved the event. Of particular note was the interactive tasting sessions – the various teams were interesting, knowledgeable and very open to feedback. Looking forward to future events!
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Food Matters Live is a great event to keep on track with the latest and future of the food industry. Friendly and relaxing format for quality networking.
I thought the day was well organised, the venue was nice and spacious and was an excellent choice. The pre-organisation to allocate time slots was a great initiative as I was able to see everything there.
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It was great to attend the event last week, there was a good range of talks on - covering the in the spotlight topics and well organised.
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This was my first Tastes of Better event, and I loved it! I was really impressed by the quality of the sessions, loved hearing trends and insights from different actors in the industry, and enjoyed very much the info (the food and drinks!) provided during the tasting session.
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I loved attending Food Matters Live London. As an academic who works closely with the food industry, I often find myself at highly technical, data-heavy conferences so Food Matters Live was a refreshing change. It offered valuable insight into the broader challenges and opportunities shaping the sector, which has already helped me rethink and refine my research pipeline.
Pass information
Attendee pass
£45+VAT per day - Earlybird rate valid until 30 September 2026.
This is for professionals at the forefront of ingredient innovation and product development from food and nutraceutical brands, manufacturing, retail and foodservice. Attendee job titles include - NPD, R&D, Nutrition, Innovation, Quality Control, Product & Brand Marketing, and Ingredient Procurement.
An Attendee Pass includes access to:
- Tastes of Better
- Insights & Trends main stage
- The Future of Positive Nutrition main stage
- Flavour & Colour Lab
- Sensory Lab Showcases
- NPD Discovery Table Talks
- NPD Discovery Zone
- NPD Discovery Theatre
- NEW FOR 2027 NutraConnect
- NEW FOR 2027 Private Label Pavilion
- Food Matters Exchange
- Plus a networking lunch and rolling tea and coffee throughout the day
Admission is only available to professionals working in the industry and is not open to students.
For anyone from companies offering ingredient products, technology or business services, attendance is via partnership only. You will not be able to purchase an Attendee Pass.
There are many partnership opportunities available.
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